Pah. Try these:

couldn’t believe it and just looked it up: There was a campaign by Lexus because of “melting” interiors in these cars, where the surfaces were easily prone to pitting and getting sticky, they would’ve had to replace so many separate parts that it was probably easier to replace the whole lot.

Compared to that, Audi and…

Also, always factor in additional costs. Used cars can be cheaper to buy, but parts and maintenance on a high-end used car can be significantly higher than on a smaller new vehicle. Same goes maybe for insurance and tax, as well as fuel consumption.
There is a lot to factor in, better do the math right. It is not about…

at least for the time being they are even thinking about extending the number of service centers for repairs and warranty issues, but are probably scaling down on showrooms.
Although I wouldn’t know what they want to scale down, Germany has like 6 of them or so? Compared to any other major brand which has dozens if not…

Over here in Germany you can order a test drive at your nearest center online, have the car explained and drive it for an hour or two, possibly during an extended lunch break. Then you can still decide wether you want it or not and order it online and have it delivered to your door. Which is far better than all other…

So... you are basically blocking whatever airflow there is left with your license plate?

I have to disagree.
Former 480 Turbo, 850 T5 and 850R driver here.
The 480 Turbo reached 201km/h (195 when the popup headlights were open) without fiddling with the engine. With some light tune, you yould up that by 10-20km/h without needing additional hardware.
The T5 went 240km/h straight out of the box. With some mild…

They were playing with stereotypes before it was widely accepted. Catering to a crowd that didn’t really exist (yet) in Germany. Yes, we were notoriously bad at laughing about ourselves...
No wonder that train, farming sims and economy planning games are top sellers over here... sometimes it feels like THE land of…

The suggested retail price for the Playstation 2 at launch in Germany was 869DM. That was with a single controller, no game, no memory card, no DVD remote, just a demo disc and standard AV cable included.
Memory cards were 89DM, games were 110-130DM. They announced 33 titles at launch, but we had around 20 available in…

The problem is that the exchange rates back then between the currencies were different, too. So it only makes sense to put the DM price instead of a converted Euro price. The Euro was supposed to roughly halve the price tags, but in reality a lot of companies just kept them the same, changed the symbol and hoped the…

Still the system I remember for being extremely overpriced at launch and having one of the most shitty start lineups ever.
1200 DM for a console, second controller, memory unit and one single game. Compared to the Dreamcast, which was 399DM at the same time. “But it can play DVDs” was unfortunately a legitimate point…

Where is the problem with cloth seats?
No animals killed for making them is big plus and will appeal to many people, also cloth seats are warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
If made from the right kind of cloth they can absorb as much punishment if not more than a leather seat, and you do not need to balm…

I have to disagree, you CAN copyright a mod, or the code it consists of.
Even more, in Germany, as soon as you create something, you are the holder of the “Urheberrecht” (the rightful author of the piece, could be construed as copyright holder) and this title is non-transferable, you cannot sell your rights away to any…

ESO was no choice for me after playing for about an hour.
That most containers were not lootable and that somehow containers with loot respawned right in front of you was annoying. That you couldn’t just throw items away and have them stay even more so.
That when questing other people were running left and right around…

That’s why the US seems to be the perfect playground to innovate on existing technology even further. I bet there are a lot of people willing to pay a premium to get from a to b in style and comfort, just like there were lots of people willing to spend extra to fly with the Concorde.
The land ownership thing is…

Simple: Get better train tracks and better trains.
Taking a train from Hamburg to Munich is as fast as taking a plane, since you have to be early at the airport for the check-in (sometimes more than one hour, depending on how many people are clogging the airport), then again airports are often outside of the city, so…

Then be happy that you do not live in Germany.
Here any cyclist has the full right to use the road if there is no bike line with signs stating that it is mandatory to use it. (and I can understand them, as jackasses often park their cars on the bike lanes, rendering them useless).
Furthermore, you have to leave ample…

I am completely stumped. Over here in Europe credit card fraud is much more likely to occur, debit cards are the norm here - everyone has one, it is the main form of payment because everybody has a normal bank account, since you need one to get a job, get a license for your vehicle etc... (comparatively few people…

did it blow up?

We all lived because we learnt that when we do something stupid it hurts. And piloting a machine that has way to much power frightened us, but in a good way. Overcoming fear, and reaching a balance between safety, respect and confidence is an important thing that young people these days do not learn anymore because of…